and a wall across the rio grande from el paso, we ll explain coming up. and rain keeps falling on america s tallest dam where the spillway remains damaged. alicia akuhnas is there. that means the residents that live below the dam cannot rest easy. we ll have more on that coming up. boost
and we re about to do the same today. and leland, officials here reassured that the main spillway is in better shape, it s in good shape, however, there s another ten inches of rain sunday going into monday which has the residents here so nervous. leland: understandably so. alicia acuna, back to you as news warrants. thank you. elizabeth. elizabeth: well, coming up, citizens in an uproar and their mayor is the target accusing choosi choosing money over immigrants.
even want any dams. they hate dams. paul: right. they re just blaming, look, climate change is going to put more pressure on our infrastructure, we shouldn t build dams, period, and we should destroy the ones that are already built. paul: who should rebuild the spillway, federal government or the state. the state has an $8 billion rainy day fund. what is the a rainy day fund for [laughter] paul: help out for a rainy day. all right. we have to take one more break. when we come back, hits and misses of the week. to truly feel healthy on the outside you have to feel healthy at your core. trubiotics a probiotic from one a day naturally helps support both your digestive and immune health. feel a difference in two weeks or your money back. take the trubiotics 2 week challenge.
them pay. we just talked about this. what are the chances of an actual prosecution? that s ahead. first, an update on the extreme rain hitting california and the spillway in danger of collapse. claudia cowan is there. big clouds behind you, too. yeah, it s been coming down here all morning, harris. we could see up to 10 inches before things dry out next week. officials say the dam and the primary spillway behind me are in good shape pushing out more water than the reservoir is taking in and reducing the lake level to 860 feet, down more than 40 feet since it crested sunday. officials say there s plenty of room to handle what s coming and they scaled back the amount of water they re letting out here. mandatory evacuations have been lifted. nearly 200,000 residents have been told to stay vigilant and keep a bag packed in case they
good news for the moment. it is good news. in fact, officials are reducing the outflow on this spillway behind me so crews can get in and start to fix some of the damage that has been caused by severe erosion at the base. take a closer look at this spillway. first of all debris is pushing water into places where it should not be and this spray you are seeing is not normal. that s water slamming against a massive crater in the concrete that opened last week and continues to grow all the way down to bedrock. officials want to bring a power plant back online that has been down for a couple of weeks. they need to begin these short-term fixes. in the meantime, teams are preparing plans for permanent repairs that could cost as much as $200 million. bill: we re hoping for the best, claudia there in northern california. thank you for being there today. shannon: new reaction to the